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May 01, 2018 |
referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate |
Apr 30, 2018 |
ordered to third reading cal.863 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to codes returned to senate died in assembly |
Jun 15, 2017 |
referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jun 14, 2017 |
ordered to third reading cal.1595 |
Jun 06, 2017 |
reported and committed to rules |
Jan 06, 2017 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S1211
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) 62nd Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(R, C) 44th Senate District
2017-S1211 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S1211 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1211 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the penal law, in relation to sentences of intermittent imprisonment for sexual offenses PURPOSE: : This legislation would prohibit an individual convicted of a sex offense from being eligible for intermittent sentences. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: : Section 1 amends Subdivision 2 of section 85.00 of the penal law as it relates to intermittent imprisonment. Specifically it would disqualify an individual from intermittent sentences if sentence is being imposed for a sex offense. Section 2 is the effective date. JUSTIFICATION: : Intermittent imprisonment is used usually for offenses of misdemeanors and lower level felonies. This carve out does allow individuals convicted of sexual offenses to be eligible for intermittent sentences and this is deplorable. Recently, a man in Wayne county was convicted of sexually abusing a woman while locking her 99 year old mother in a
2017-S1211 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1211 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 6, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to sentences of intermittent imprisonment for sexual offenses THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 85.00 of the penal law, as added by chapter 477 of the laws of 1970, paragraph (a) as amended by chapter 277 of the laws of 1973, is amended to read as follows: 2. Authorization for use of sentence. The court may impose a sentence of intermittent imprisonment in any case where: (a) the court is imposing sentence, upon a person other than a second or persistent felony offender, for a class D or class E felony or for any offense that is not a felony; [and] (b) the court is not imposing any other sentence of imprisonment upon the defendant at the same time; [and] (c) the defendant is not under any other sentence of imprisonment with a term in excess of fifteen days imposed by any other court; and (D) THE COURT IS NOT IMPOSING A SENTENCE FOR A SEX OFFENSE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY OF THIS CHAPTER. § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04823-01-7
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